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(No Model.) I Y -A. M. BEGHARD. GA COUPLING. No. 244,424. Patented July 19,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTE M. BEOHARD, OF SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO RICHARD D. MORKILL, JR, AND JAMES RWOODWARD.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,424, dated July 19, 1881.

Application filed May 27, 1880. (N0 model.) 7

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUeUs'rn M. BnonARD,

.of Sherbrooke, Province of Quebec, Canada,

have invented an Improvement in (Jar-Couplings, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification. 1

This invention relates to car-couplings of that class wherein the coupling-pin is held up by a movable pin-support adapted to be acted upon by the coupling-link, which turns the support, permitting the pin to drop and enter the opening in the link and hold the said link in place.

My invention consists of a draw-bar head provided with a pend ulous pin-support pivoted in said draw-bar head, and having a bulge or convexed portion on the lower part of its outer surface or face to hold the coupling-link be tween the pin and said pendulous support on a downward outwardly incline therefrom, and to retain the link in such position, by which it will enter the mouth of a lower opposite drawbar head; further, of a draw-bar head havin gits upper rear surface beveled and provided with a pendulous and bulged pin-support pivoted in said draw-bar head, and having a beveled bottom by which the said pendulous support when swung back engages with the beveled surface of said draw-bar head to prevent undue strain on the pivotal bearings of said pendulous support. The pin-support herein shown is suspended on horizontal pivots so placed, substantially at right angles to the axis of the hole in the draw-bar head in which the coupling-pin works, that the normal position of the pin-support, by the action of gravity, keeps it directly under the said opening, in position to receive upon it the end of the coupling-pin and hold it up until the said support, acted upon by the end of the coupling-link or otherwise, is swung from under the said opening and pin. Suspendingthe support in this way makes it very easy to turn it by a direct blow, and makes it very certain in operation. By inclinin g the link-seat downward and backward from the front edge of the pin-receiving opening of the draw-bar head, I am enabled, by the ac tion of the pivoted pin-support upon the upper side of the link, near one end, to holdthe link in an inclined position corresponding with the inclination of the link-seat in the draw-bar head, thus holding the outer end of the link so elevated above the lower portion of the drawbar head that the link will be certain to .enter the opening or mouth of the opposite draw-bar head and strike and turn the pin-support.

Figure 1 represents, in vertical section, a

. draw-bar head containing my invention, the

pin-support (also in section) holding up the pin, which is shown in elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the opposin g draw-bar head, showing a coupling-link held thereon, as by my i11- vention, a part of the link and pin and all of the pin-support therein being shown by dotted lines in the position they will occupy when the link is held on the link-seat by the weighted pin-support; and Fig. 3 is a top view of the pin-support detached. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the draw-bar head, show ing the link held between the pin and pin-support above the bulge of said support, and projecting downward and outwardly from the draw-bar head, so as to permit the entering of the link into the mouth of a lower opposite d raw-bar head.

In the drawings the ends of the sockcted parts ot'thedraw-bar heads are shown as broken off.

The draw-bar heads A A are cast each with an opening, a, to form a mouth for the reception of the coupling-link b of usual construction. The upper and lower portion of each draw-bar head is rounded or flared at 2 3 to facilitate the correct entrance into the mouth of the coupling-link, and is provided with two openings in line to receive the pin 0 and with a chamber, 4, to receive within it more or less of the pin-support d, according toits position.

The shank 5 of the draw-bar head has an opening, 6, in communication with the mouth or open part a of the draw-bar head and the drawbar rod 0 placed therein, and having the head secured to it, may be struck at its end through the mouth a to detach the head, as stated.

The pin-support has two cars, d, each provided with a hole, 01 to receive pins 61 (shown in dotted lines,) which, inserted in the draw-bar head, serve as the points or centers of motion for the said pin-support, the said pivots being located substantially at right angles with relation to and so as to intersect the longitudinal axis of the pin and the opening in which it is placed and held by the support d. Between these ears the support has a rest or face, f, for the lower end of the pin when the support (I is in its normal position, or not interfered with bythe link.

The lower part of the interior of the drawbar head is inclined downward and backward to form an inclined seat 9 for the link I), so that the weighted pin-support d resting thereon, as in Fig. 2, will keep the outer end of the link elevated to enter the mouth a of the drawbar head, Fig. 1, substantially at its central part without liability of striking the draw-bar head. As soon as the said link strikes the pin-support d it turns the latter on its pivots, removes the rest part f from below the pin 0, permitting the pin to drop through the link and opening 8 into the position Fig. 2.!

The pin support is weighted, so that it will overcome the weight of that part of the link outside of the draw-bar head and hold it up in position during the coupling operation; but when both ends of the link are held or caught by the coupling-pins the said pin-supports will rise and fall more or less as rookin g strain is exerted upon the link by the moving train. The

pin-support is further provided with a bulge or convexed portion on its outer surface or face to hold the coupling-link between the pin and said support and above the bulge on a downward outwardly incline therefrom, and to retain the linkin such position, (as particularly shown in Fig. 4,) by which it will enter the mouth ofa lower opposite draw-bar head. The pin-support is also provided with a beveled bottom to engage with the beveled rear portion of the draw-bar head, when swung back, to prevent undue strain on the pivotal bearin gs of said pendulous support.

The inclined link-seatg extends from a point in front of the opening 8 to near the rear of the month a. The chamber 4 permits the pin-support to be lifted therein to gain access to the rear end of bar 0.

I do not broadly claim a pin-support, for I am aware that numerous patents have been granted showing such class of devices; but in none of them, so far as I am aware, has the pin-support been constructed in the manner shown and described to hold the coupling-link on a downward outwardly incline from the draw-bar head, so as to enter the mouth of a lower opposite draw-bar head, and, further, to transfer the strain from its pivotal bearings to the rear of the draw-bar head.

I claim 1. In a car-coupling, the combination, with a draw-bar head provided with pin-receiving openings and a coupling-pin, of the pendulous pin-support pivoted in said draw-bar head and having a bulge or convexed portion on the lower part of its outer surface or face to hold the coupling-link between said pin and pendulous support, and above the bulge of said support on a downward outwardly incline therefrom and to retain the link in such position by which the said link will enter the mouth of a lower opposite draw-bar head, as shown.

2. In a car-coupling, the combination, with a draw-bar head having the upper rear sur face of its interior beveled, as shown, of the pendulous and bulged pin-support pivoted in said drawbar head and having its bottom beveled, as shown, by which the said pendulous support when swung back, engages with the beveled surface of said draw-bar head to prevent undue strain on the pivotal bearings of said pendulous support, as shown.

3. The combination, with the draw-bar head provided with pin-receivingopenings, aconpling-pin, and the inclined link-seat g, of the weighted pendulous pin-support pivoted in said draw-bar head and having a bulge or convexed portionou thelowerpart of itsouter surface or face, by which the coupling-link may be held in such position as to enter the mouth of a draw-bar head higher or lower than the one containing the coupling-link, as shown and described.

4. The herein-described car-couplin g, consisting of the draw-bar head, having the pinreceiving openings, a coupling-pin, the beveled upper rear surface, the inclined link-seat g, and the weighted pendulous pin-support, said support pivoted on opposite sides at right angles to and in line with the axis of said pinreceiving openings, and provided with the pinrest f, the bulge or convexed portion, and the beveled bottom, all as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUSTE M. BEOHARD.

Witnesses:

A. STU'rE, J. T. MORKILL. 

